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them & all his love—I think he told me about his brothers living in different places, one in New York City

I was very anxious he should be saved, & so were they all—he was well used by the attendants—poor boy

least in his memory—his fate was a hard one, to die so—He is one of the thousands of our unknown American

themselves up, aye even their young & precious lives, in their country's cause—Poor dear son, though you were

after the outset of our party, he would grow still & cloudy & up & unaccountably depart—but these were

I suppose you were at Charles Chauncey's funeral—tell me about it, & all particulars about his death.

When Horace Traubel finished reading this letter aloud, "Walt's eyes were full of tears.

remember that these government hospitals are not filled as with human débris like the old established city

hospitals, New York, &c., but mostly [with] these good-born American young men, appealing to me most

I make no bones of petting them just as if they were—have long given up formalities & reserves in my

to do any thing of the sort, but shall speak of him every time, & send him my love, just as if he were

Hugo, I suppose you were at Charles Chauncey's funeral—tell me all you hear about the particulars of

extras)—So I go round—Some of my boys die, some get well— O what a sweet unwonted love (those good American

My brave young American soldiers—now for so many months I have gone around among them, where they lie

James Redpath (1833–1891) was the author of The Life of John Brown (1860), a correspondent for the New

York Tribune during the war, the originator of the "Lyceum" lectures, and editor of the North American

He met Whitman in Boston in 1860 (The Library of Congress #90), and remained an enthusiastic admirer;

He concluded his first letter to Whitman on June 25, 1860: "I love you, Walt!

thing, except to have killed & wounded a great many thousand men—It seems as though the two armies were

I had a very pleasant passage and enjoyed the ride very much but yet I found that my wounds were somewhat

transferred to the Invalid Corps in July and sent to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where invalid soldiers were

Our whole corps were encamped around here, before the surrender of Vicksburg, and we had dug miles of

enemy did not pretend to make a stand, untill they got behind their entrenchments at Jackson,  this City

river above the town and ran along the outskirts untill they struck the river again just below the city

The enemy were supposed to be from 25 to 30,000 strong and on the afternoon of July Tenth we drove their

up to the front one day, were moved back a short distance, the next, and held in reserve, but had to

force—in what Walt Whitman would later describe as a "tough little campaign" ("Fifty-First New York City

Veterans," The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, edited by Emory Holloway, [Garden City,

Hence, Johnston, near Jackson, and Pemberton, defending Vicksburg, were divided; and Johnston could not

African Americans could join the Union army beginning in July 1862 when Lincoln signed the Militia Act

Though they received older uniforms, worse equipment, and lower pay than white soldiers, and were barred

from becoming officers, African Americans joined the effort and helped make the Civil War unmistakably

African Americans could join the Union army beginning in July 1862 when Lincoln signed the Militia Act

Though they received older uniforms, worse equipment, and lower pay than white soldiers, and were barred

from becoming officers, African Americans joined the effort and helped make the Civil War unmistakably

I guess the only wonderfully frightened men were Opdike and Seymour, if we perhaps except the Copperhead

In the flashy, sensation style the papers were all far from the truth, ahead, but when it comes to the

God only knows where the city of New York would have been had we had Wood's police.

My idea is this, to make a certain portion of the city, say certain wards that make a district, not too

side of the draft and would help enforce it in the next, so that in a short time a majority of the city

Even the Whitmans were worried about how they would obtain $300 if Jeff were drafted, although in the

Names of those selected were published in the papers, and it was clear enough that the poor were disproportionately

stopped only after eleven New York regiments and one from Michigan were rushed to the city at a time

After the riots were over, James R.

Fernando Wood was a former mayor of New York City.

every thing was so quiet, I supposed all might go on smoothly—but it seems the passions of the people were

call it,) & I hear nothing in all directions but threats of ordering up the gunboats, cannonading the city

See also Lawrence Lader, "New York's Bloodiest Week," in American Heritage, 10 (June 1959).

His Reg. belonged to the 12th army Corps, and I think were in the hottest of the fight.

is sincere and almost universal and yet a few, (and yet only a few when compared with the immense city

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Kirkwood (1807–1877), a prominent civil engineer and cofounder of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

sight must have been presented by the field of action—I think the killed & wounded there on both sides were

as many as eighteen or twenty thousand—in one place, four or five acres, there were a thousand dead,

I have got in the way after going lightly as it were all through the wards of a hospital, & trying to

I recieved a letter from Memphis some time since stating that they were on boats bound for Vicksburg

Can you bring any influence to bear on this matter in the City of Washington.

Sarah Hudson Rock City Falls, Saratoga co New York Member of co K 51st New York in Carver Hospital—lost

The rest of the contents were probably written either between or around those dates.

The rest of the contents were probably written either between or around those dates.; Transcribed from

I have been about the city same as usual, nearly—to the Hospitals, &c, I mean—I am told that I hover

thousand, indeed thirteen or fourteen hundred—it was an old reg't, veterans, old fighters , young as they were—they

were preceded by a fine mounted band of sixteen, (about ten bugles, the rest cymbals & drums)—I tell

accompaniment —the sabres rattled on a thousand men's sides—they had pistols, their heels spurred—handsome American

Record of the Commissioned Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates, of the Regiments Which Were

Rumors were widespread that Lee was about to attack Washington, for the War Department on June 23, 1863

Whitman described the career of Hicks (1748–1830), the famous American Quaker, in November Boughs (Richard

The city surrendered formally on July 4, 1863.

he said that he would go and see Storrs and some other of the big guns of those societies in this city

We were all much pleased with the idea that you would come home to make us a visit, I do so hope that

I wish we were able to send you more money than we do but almost everyone you meet is a contributor to

Walt wrote: "I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

forget their kindness & real friendship & it appears as though they would continue just the same, if it were

years until Lincoln came in—They have bought another house, smaller, to live in, & are going to move (were

Mother, I think something of commencing a series of lectures & readings &c. through different cities

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

our tents, on the afternoon of our arrival, and I was promising myself a good nights sleep (as we were

all pretty tired after our march, and the work of pitching camp) but about 9 O clock at night we were

said he was carrying dipatches, to somebody, who was stationed somewhere, and that the dispatches were

from General Carter, and that the rebs had crossed the Cumberland River, and were in strong force, at

a place called Liberty about 10 miles from here, and were comeing on this way.

May 27th 1863 Dear Walt, Mother recived your letter of last Tuesday, this morning  We were glad to hear

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

on acc't of the sun—yesterday & to-day however have been quite cool, east wind—Mother, the shirts were

Times, October 29, 1864 (Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman [Garden City

Relations between the two families were sometimes strained; see Whitman's letter from March 22, 1864.

need now to go to California, & they will finish the job complete— O mother, how welcome the shirts were—I

such a price—& so my old ones had got to be, when they come back from the wash I had to laugh, they were

she bears down pretty hard I guess when she irons them, & they showed something like the poor old city

told you two or three weeks ago, that is that I had to discard my old clothes, somewhat because they were

too thick & more still because they were worse gone in than any I ever yet wore I think in my life,

had arrived in mid-December 1862 in search of his brother, George Whitman, a Union soldier in the American

When the war ended, he became a pipe inspector for the City of Camden and the New York Metropolitan Water

After staying at Lowell a couple of days we were ordered to pack up and move again, so we started back

"revenue cutters," or coastal vessels, be dispatched to New York City in order to save them from falling

The telegram further stated: "If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot

The "Dutchman of the 11th Corps" is a reference to the fact that the Eleventh Army was heavily populated

such things are awful—not a soul here he knew or cared about, except me—yet the surgeons & nurses were

to take off the leg—he was under chloroform—they tried their best to bring him to—three long hours were

McReady I know to be as good a man as the war has received out of Brooklyn City" (Emory Holloway, ed.

, The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman [Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921],

Andrew was to come for me and we were going to see the Dr. to-day abt his going but he did not come and

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Some casualties from the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers were in Washington hospitals, and Walt had

See Jeff's letter to Walt from April 16, 1860.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Thomas Cotrel or Cottrell (1808–1887) occupied various positions in the Brooklyn city government, including

It would seem as though Whitman were anticipating Jeff's letter of May 9, 1863: "Of course we all feel

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

I am better pleased with the city than when I last wrote.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

John Brown (Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860), a correspondent for the New York Tribune during the war

, the originator of the "Lyceum" lectures, and editor of the North American Review in 1886.

He met Whitman in Boston in 1860 (Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman, The Library of Congress

He concluded his first letter to Whitman on June 25, 1860: "I love you, Walt!

His friends say that he cured one or two young soldiers who were dying of homesickness, by his sympathy

I should not wonder if we were able to drop you a few $ every now and then, right along  I hope so any

He seemed very glad to see me and said had he known that you were in Washington he certainly should have

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Sometimes when I think of my poor little Clothilde & you I feel as if I were not as happy now as then

General John Ellis Wool (1784–1869) was the oldest Union general of the American Civil War and was in

Among other assignments, he led military operations in New York City during and after the draft riots

explore new possibilities of male-male affection" (see chapter four, "Intimate Script and the New American

Bible: 'Calamus' and the Making of the 1860 Leaves of Grass" from Re-Scripting Walt Whitman: An Introduction

General William Buel Franklin (1823–1903) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War who saw

June 16, 1863 (less than eight weeks after his wife) at 609 Water Street, lower east side of New York City

His young daughter (11) and son (9) were left orphaned (Price and Budell, 44–45).

June 16, 1863 (less than eight weeks after his wife) at 609 Water Street, lower east side of New York City

His young daughter (11) and son (9) were left orphaned (Price and Budell, 44–45).

Had a new U.S. flag and two guidons presented to us by the City of New York through Col Sheppard for

as the inscription on the staff said "valor on the field," it was given in place of our old City flag

Received by Gels Dix & Smith March 5th Played a match game of Ball with Hawkin Zouaves in which they were

the barracks " 18th Grand ball given in honor of the Battle of Newbern, NC, on board of steamboat City

of Hudson the officers of the Brigade Mch 24 Played return match with the Hawkins, we were beat again

Hollis Robbins, "Fugitive Mail: The Deliverance of Henry 'Box' Brown and Antebellum Postal Politics," American

See Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday

See Whitman's letter from April 1, 1860 . The son, William A.

still expect to get the new main , that is to lay a new line of pipe from the Reservoir down to the city

Mother worked quite hard while they were here which may help account for the rheumatism in a measure.

See Jeff's letter to Walt dated April 3, 1860.

coughf when Jeffy wrote and had been cleaning house and worked very hard but i am well now" (May 3, 1860

We were paid on saturday last, and on sunday the Col. told me the men wanted me, to bring their money

I like Ky first rate and am very glad we were brought here, as the liveing is good, and there is none

to approve the Army's crossing the Rappahannock River in a second attempt to take possession of the city

I was so in hopes they would take the conceit out of that gassy city.

done the biggest business of blowing & mischief, on a small capital of industry or manliness, of any city

asks me if I have heard from you, which is everytime she sees me  'tis this. during the time that we were

The other Van Nostrand children were Fanny (b. 1843) and Minnie (b. 1857).

Nicholson, 1860]).

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lieutenants out—I suppose you know that LeGendre is now Col. of the 51st—it's a pity if we havn't Americans

especially in the hospitals, convinces me that there is no other stock, for emergencies, but native American—no

the west, and far north—and they take to a man that has not the bleached shiny & shaved cut of the cities

of Mannahatta's verbal ability: "Yesterday one of the Hearkness children was in our rooms and they were

Nicholson, 1860]).

Schroth, "The Eagle and Brooklyn," in Brooklyn USA: The Fourth Largest City in America, ed.

See Jeff's letter to Walt from April 3, 1860.

And yesterday one of the Hearkness children was in our rooms and they were talking about rolling their

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Nicholson, 1860). This was issued in two parts as a supplement to Volume I.

Because Jeff and Walt were both fascinatd by the prospect of a western railroad, they would have admired

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Schroth, "The Eagle and Brooklyn," in Brooklyn USA: The Fourth Largest City in America, ed.

The Hospitals here were in a destitute condition, compared with those of the North.

According to Whitman's jottings in "New York City Veterans" (Glicksberg, 67), he discovered John Lowery

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

I have an idea that the 51st were left behind, although it is hard to tell about it.

For Andrew's illness, see Jeff's letter to Walt dated April 3, 1860.